The Vatican has successfully managed to force Benetton to withdraw one of its UnHate campaign posters. The image depicts Pope Benedict XVI locking lips with the grand sheikh, Mohammed Ahmed al-Tayeb, of al-Azhar mosque in Cairo. But don’t worry, here you can see the image in all its glory.

We won’t dwell on the fact that Tim Walker, Richard Eden and the Torygraph in general are bitter little “people”. Instead, we wish the BBC’s Jane Hill and her partner, Sara, wedded bliss!

The work of some of Ireland’s leading artists will come under the hammer at an art auction fundraising event for Marriage Equality. Entitled “Art for Marriage Equality”, the auction takes place on Saturday, 26th November.

Ecuador is accused of using torture clinics to “cure” LGBTs – predominantly affecting lesbians. A petition to the Ecuadorian government has now been launched.

Yesterday, Laurie Penny wrote about the reaction she gets for being a woman with an opinion: the death threats, the rape threats, the physical threats. Graham Linehan weighed in with his support via Twitter.
Which was all going so swimmingly until he tweeted about chivalry

Welcome one and all (even imaginary bisexuals and trans* people) to your mid-week, once-off “Eamon Delaney round-up”. (Or, to your mid-week, once-off “Eamon Delaney antidote,” if you prefer).

The reign of the Marys (I & II) may have ended, but Ireland now welcomes into Áras an Uachtarain a man who is amongst other things a feminist, LGBT ally, intellectual and human rights activist.

This morning the Green Party tweeted that Ireland’s outgoing President, Mary McAleese, “commended” civil partnership. It’s disappointing that her views in support of equality for LGBT people would be so blatantly misrepresented.

The fight for marriage equality in Ireland suffered a minor setback yesterday when the Supreme Court ruled against Senator Katherine Zappone and Dr Ann Louise Gilligan on a technical point.

Yes, I’ve prattled on before about the changing nature of marriage – through time and in its variations around the world – but I think it’s important to take a look at marriage in Ireland, trace its history, and ask: can equality be legislated?

This just in from our friends at Marriage Equality: Senator Katherine Zappone and Dr Ann Louise Gilligan will be in the Supreme Court tomorrow (Friday, 21st October) at 10:45am for a motion to amend their pleadings. Although the Court will not be hearing the case tomorrow, its decision may provide us with an indication of how the Supreme Court is feeling about this case

Last week, Marriage Equality launched its “Just Love?” campaign and the “Missing Pieces” report, an audit of civil partnership as compared with marriage. The report reveals 169 differences between the two. In the final in our series of articles, we look at parents and children, and other miscellaneous issues

On Tuesday, Marriage Equality launched its “Just Love?” campaign and the “Missing Pieces” report, an audit of civil partnership as compared with marriage. The report reveals 169 differences between the two. In the second of our series of articles, we look at two further areas examined: immigration and legal procedures

On Tuesday, Marriage Equality launched its “Just Love?” campaign and the “Missing Pieces” report, an audit of civil partnership as compared with marriage. The report reveals 169 differences between the two. Here, we look at the first two areas examined: the family home and finance.

Today Marriage Equality launches its “Just Love?” campaign. To coincide with the launch, a ground-breaking report – “Missing Pieces” – reveals 169 legal differences between civil marriage and civil partnership, and a poster campaign is rolled out across Dublin

Fine Gael councillor and former Lord Mayor, Joe O’Callaghan, intends to introduce a motion for debate at Cork’s City Hall next month to ban wearing of burqas. Has anyone actually asked Ireland’s Muslim women what they think? Thankfully, the National Women’s Council of Ireland has.

The annual LGBT Noise March for Marriage took place this afternoon, setting out at 3pm from Dublin’s City Hall, Lord Edward Street. RTÉ reports that thousands attended. Estimates by those who were present put the crowd at 4,000 people.